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James A Burke sold $8.6M of VST

President and CEO at Vistra Corp.. 42,754 shares at an average of $201.56, traded Sep 26, 2025, filed Sep 30, 2025.

Warning score
20
Value
$8.6M
42,754 shares
Holdings after
249,016
-16% from before
From 52-week low
+112%
low $97.28, close $206.02
From 52-week high
-5%
high $216.66, as of Sep 26, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    CEO
    +25
  • Trade size
    $8.6M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 16% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    No other insider selling within 14 days
    0
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

VSTOct 9, 2026 · close 161.48
Since filing Sep 30, 2025: -17.1%SPY +18.1% · excess -35.2%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001268406-25-000017, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Sep 26, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+24,000$19.68$472k267,770Sep 30, 2025
Sep 26, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-21,376$201.18$4.3M246,394Sep 30, 2025
Sep 29, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+24,000$19.68$472k270,394Sep 30, 2025
Sep 29, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-19,200$202.19$3.9M251,194Sep 30, 2025
Sep 29, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-2,178$199.70$435k249,016Sep 30, 2025
Sep 26, 2025MOption exercise
2018 Employee Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-24,000$0.00$0478,052Sep 30, 2025
Sep 29, 2025MOption exercise
2018 Employee Stock Option (right to buy)derivative10b5-1
-24,000$0.00$0454,052Sep 30, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Vistra Corp. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
40Moderate
VSTsell 210b5-1
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Kristopher E. Moldovan
EVP and CFO
$3.3M
20,000 shares
-10%
28Weak
VSTsell 210b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Scott A Hudson
EVP & President Vistra Retail
$3.6M
22,222 shares
-7%
33Weak
VSTsell 210b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Scott A Hudson
EVP & President Vistra Retail
$6.7M
44,444 shares
-12%
35Weak
VSTsell 210b5-1
Vistra Corp.
Kristopher E. Moldovan
EVP and CFO
$3.0M
20,000 shares
-9%
44Moderate
VSTbuy
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$903k
6,665 shares
+1%
20Weak
VSTsell10b5-1
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$8.6M
42,750 shares
-16%
20Weak
VSTsell10b5-1
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$9.0M
42,722 shares
-17%
20Weak
VSTsell10b5-1
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$9.1M
42,726 shares
-17%
20Weak
VSTsell10b5-1
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$9.1M
42,719 shares
-17%
20Weak
VSTsell10b5-1
Vistra Corp.
James A Burke
President and CEO
$8.8M
42,736 shares
-18%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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